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Maya Thurman-Hawke has joined the cast of "Stranger Things" for Season 3 as one of the new leads. Thurman-Hawke will play an “alternative girl” bored with her mundane day job. She seeks excitement in her life and gets more than she bargained for when she uncovers a dark secret in Hawkins, Ind.

Priah Ferguson, who plays Lucas’ strong-willed little sister Erica, has also been upped to a recurring role. The scene-stealer returns in the next installment with an army of her own friends. No longer content with sitting on the sidelines, Erica finds herself on a wild mission to save Hawkins from a dangerous new threat.

Alyson Hannigan will star in the Kerry Washington-produced comedy "Man of the House," a hybrid sitcom is a family comedy about two recently divorced sisters who move in together to raise their kids under one roof, including a young football star left to figure out what manhood means in a world where he’s now completely surrounded by females.

Hannigan will play Jessie, a caring social-worker who was shocked when her husband left her. With nowhere else to turn, and against her better judgment, she moves her son and pre-teen daughter into the home of her narcissistic, ball-busting sister Charli and her even more-wicked daughter.

Zeeko Zaki will star in "FBI," straight-to-series drama from Dick Wolf. Zaki will play FBI special agent OA, who made it from Bushwick to West Point, and has both the confidence and the will of someone who has had to fight every step of the way. After spending two years undercover, the DEA abruptly ripped him out, and he was cherry-picked by the FBI.

Chosen Jacobs has joined the cast of Hulu's upcoming series "Castle Rock." Jacobs will play Wendell Deaver, the son of Henry Deaver (Andre Holland). Deaver is a death-row attorney who has a connection to Bill Skarsgard's character, a prisoner at Shawshank prison.

Janina Gavankar has joined the cast of an untitled Erin Foster comedy pilot for FOX. Loosely based on Foster's life, the comedy revolves around Andi (Foster), a single 30-something who refuses to settle down, and her playboy dad (Don Johnson). Andi's world is turned upside down when she discovers her dad has fallen in love with her best friend (Gavankar).

Callie Hernandez has been cast as the female lead in the Fox drama pilot Mixtape. The project is described as a romantic musical drama that looks at a disparate group of interconnected people in contemporary Los Angeles through the lens of the music that defines who they are. Hernandez will play Nellie, whose job in admissions at an arts college and relationship with an up-and-coming musician have derailed her own dreams of becoming an artist.

The "Magnum P.I." reboot pilot has cast Jay Hernandez as the iconic private eye, previously played by Tom Selleck. Hernandez will play Thomas Magnum, a decorated ex-Navy SEAL who, upon returning home from Afghanistan, repurposes his military skills to become a private investigator.

Kristin Chenoweth is joining the second season of NBC's "Trial & Error.” Chenoweth will play suspected killer Lavinia Peck-Foster, who is described as the first lady of East Peck who is a larger-than-life grand dame — at least in her own mind. avinia calls on the team that got off Owl Murderer Larry Henderson (John Lithgow) — to defend her after she was found with her husband, Edgar, stuffed into a suitcase in the back of her car.

"The Walking Dead" star Lauren Cohan has booked the lead role in the ABC drama pilot "Whiskey Cavalier," an hour-long action dramedy that follows the adventures of tough but tender FBI super agent Will Chase (Scott Foley) who, following an emotional break-up, is assigned to work with badass CIA operative Francesca “Frankie” Trowbridge (Cohan). Together, they lead an inter-agency team of flawed, funny, heroic spies who periodically save the world (and each other) while navigating the rocky roads of friendship, romance and office politics.

Katie Holmes will star in a new Fox untitled drama pilot from Ilene Chaiken and Melissa Scrivner Love. Holmes will play FBI Special Agent Hazel Otis, who is in the midst of investigating a domestic terrorism threat when a personal indiscretion--an affair with a prominent general-- shatters her life and threatens her career at the FBI. Now labeled “the mistress,” Otis begins to rebuild her personal life and professional reputation. Holmes will also serve as an executive producer on the project.

Judy Greer has been cast in the upcoming Showtime series “Kidding.” Jim Carrey will star as Jeff, aka Mr. Pickles, an icon of children’s television, a beacon of kindness and wisdom to America’s impressionable young minds and the parents who grew up with him, who also anchors a multimillion dollar branding empire. Greer will play Jill, Jeff’s estranged wife who has recently hit a rebellious streak. She joins previously announced cast members Catherine Keener and Frank Langella.

Mary J. Blige has signed on for her first series regular role in "The Umbrella Academy," the TV adaptation of Gerard Way's comic series. The series follows the estranged members of a dysfunctional family of superheroes who work together to solve their father’s mysterious death while coming apart at the seams because of their divergent personalities and abilities.

Meryl Streep has joined the cast of "Big Little Lies" Season 2 on HBO. Streep will play Mary Louise Wright, the mother of Perry Wright (Alexander Skarsgård). Concerned for the well-being of her grandchildren following her son Perry’s death, Mary Louise arrives in Monterey searching for answers.

CBS has given 13-episode series order to Murphy Brown, a revival of the 1988 sitcom with its creator Diane English and star Candice Bergen both set to return. Warner Bros. TV, which was behind the original series, is the sole studio. Bergen will reprise her role as the famous investigative journalist and TV anchor at the FYI Network, as Murphy Brown returns to a world of cable news.

John Malkovich has signed on for a guest starring role in Season 3 of the Showtime drama "Billions." Malkovich will play Russian billionaire Grigor Andolov. Malkovich previously played a Russian mobster named Teddy KGB in Rounders, which was written by "Billions" co-creators David Levien and Brian Koppelman.

The multi-cultural project recounts how two friends, Luna (South Beach‘s Ana Villafañe) and Adam (Dier), met and fell in love, using the couple’s social-media profiles as a guide. Adam is described as an adorable and slightly nerdy web cartoonist who is determined to sow his oats before getting into his next long-term relationship.

As "Girlfriends’ Guide to Divorce" comes to an end, Lisa Edelstein is already moving on. She is developing an hour-long series adaptation of "Confessions of a Sociopath."

Based on M.E. Thomas’ book, "Confessions of a Sociopath" centers on a woman (Edelstein) who is clinically diagnosed as a sociopath and must figure out how to live her life with this knowledge. Edelstein is co-writing the pilot with Carol Barbee.

Kristen Wiig has signed on to star and executive produce a new Apple half-hour untitled comedy series. Produced by Reese Witherspoon’s Hello Sunshine, the series is inspired by Curtis Sittenfeld’s upcoming short story collection You Think It, I'll Say It.Colleen McGuinness will serve as creator/showrunner and executive producer.

Scoot McNairy is the latest addition to the “True Detective” Season 3 cast, joining Mahershala Ali, Carmen Ejogo and Stephen Dorff. The third season spans several decades and is divided into three separate time periods. McNairy will play Tom, a father with connections to state police.

Helena Bonham Carter is in final talks to play Princess Margaret on “The Crown” taking over for Vanessa Kirby, who’s portrayed the fan favorite during the first two seasons. The next round of episodes will jump forward in time, necessitating a casting change.

Janet McTeer has joined the cast of the Netflix drama "Ozark" as a series regular. McTeer will play a Chicago-based attorney who has links to the cartel. In making a deal with the devil, she becomes a potential threat to the Byrdes.

Courtney B. Vance is set to star and executive produce "Heist 88," a crime drama in development at FX. Set in 1988, “Heist 88” tells the true story of arch-criminal and master manipulator Armand Moore, who persuaded four young, African-American employees of First National Bank of Chicago to steal $70 million via a sophisticated take down of the banking wire system.

George Clooney is slated to return to the small screen on the Paramount Network for "Catch-22," adapted from the Joseph Heller novel of the same name. Clooney will star as Col. Cathcart and direct the six-episode mini-series.

Carmen Ejogo will star alongside Mahershala Ali in Season 3 of HBO's "True Detective." Ejogo will play a schoolteacher named Amelia Reardon who will cross paths with Ali's detective character when two children go missing in 1980 Arkansas.

Reese Witherspoon and Jennifer Aniston will produce and star in an untitled drama series about a morning talk show described as “an inside look at the lives of the people who help America wake up in the morning, exploring the unique challenges faced by the women (and men) who carry out this daily televised ritual. Apple picked up the project for two-season straight-to-series order.

Robin Weigart is joining AMC’s "Dietland," Marti Noxon's revenge-fantasy drama focusing on society’s obsession with weight loss and beauty. Weigert will play the series-regular role of Verena Baptist, a body-positive counselor who notoriously exposed the secrets of her family’s weight-loss program as a pyramid scheme. The series also stars Julianna Marguiles, Joy Nash, and Rowena King.

Toni Collette is set to star in "Wanderlust," a new drama series for Netflix and BBC One that explores how we build and maintain happy relationships and asks whether lifelong monogamy is possible, or even desirable. Collette plays Joy Richards, a therapist trying to find a way to keep her spark alive with her husband after a cycling accident causes them to reassess their relationship.

Steve Buscemi has joined the cast of "Miracle Workers, replacing Owen Wilson. In this Lorne Michael-produced comedy series, Daniel Radcliffe plays Craig, a low level angel responsible for handling all of humanity’s prayers. Buscemi will play the role of Craig’s boss, God, who has pretty much checked out to focus on his favorite hobbies.

Fortune Feimster ("The Mindy Project") is teaming up again with creator Mindy Kaling for the upcoming NBC comedy "Champions." Champions centers around Vince, a charismatic gym owner with no ambition, who lives with his younger brother. Feimster will play Ruby, a close childhood friend to Vince and a popular trainer at their gym.

Alyssa Milano has three TV projects in the works. In addition to continuing her role in Netflix's "Insatiable" as the show is picked up to series, she will star as herself in the Lifetime series "Alyssa Milano for Mayor" and will turn her book "Hacktivist" into a series for the CW.

Sally Field has joined Emma Stone and Jonah Hill in Cary Fukunaga's 10-episode dark comedy series "Maniac" as a recurring character. The Netflix series centers on a mental patient at a psychiatric ward who escapes reality and lives in a fantasy world in his mind.

Leland Orser has joined Wonder Woman helmer Patty Jenkins' TNT’s limited drama series "One Day She'll Darken." He will star opposite Chris Pine in the true story of Fauna Hodel, who was given away by her teenage birth mother to a black restroom attendant in a Nevada casino in 1949.

Netflix has given a 10-episode series order to a sci-fi family drama "Raising Dion," based on a short film and comic book by director Dennis Liu. The series revolves around a young, recently widowed African-American mother who discovers her son has magical powers.

Michael B. Jordan is on board as an executive producer and will appear as Dion's dead father.

"Happytime Murders" takes place in a world where humans and puppets coexist, with the puppets viewed as second-class citizens. When the puppet castmembers of 1980s children's TV show The Happytime Gang begin turning up dead, an alcoholic, a philandering, disgraced LAPD detective turned private-eye puppet takes the case with his former human partner.

Jack Whitehall has joined the cast of Amazon's "Good Omens," playing clerk-turned-witch hunter Pulsifer, aka Newt. Other new cast members include Michael McKean as Sgt. Shadwell, the leader of the witch-finder army who sends him on his mission and Miranda Richardson as Madame Tracy in the six-part series, the psychic medium and part-time courtesan who helps the pair as they try to save the world.

Laverne Cox is attached to star in "Spirited," the one-hour ABC drama would follow a fake psychic who realizes she can really communicate with the dead. She decides to put her con-woman past behind her and actually start helping people. Elizabeth Banks is attached as an executive producer.

Ryan Murphy has created an origin series for One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest's infamous villain, Nurse Ratched, starring Sarah Paulson. The series will begin in 1947 and track Ratched from an average nurse as she morphs into the notorious authority figure she became in the novel and subsequent film. Netflix has given the series a two-season, 18-episode commitment.

Chris Pine is set to star in a limited series about Robert F. Kennedy at Hulu. The series will be based on the Larry Tye biography “Bobby Kennedy: The Making Of A Liberal Icon.” Pine will also executive produce in addition to playing Kennedy.

Supermodel-turned-actress Cara Delevingne is set to star in Amazon's upcoming fantasy noir series "Carnival Row," opposite Orlando Bloom. Delevingne will play Vignette Stonemoss, a faerish refugee who flees her war-torn homeland to come to the Burgue.